Thomson

It’s a heck of a way to run a pre-election campaign. On the eve of an expected election, politicians usually spend their time playing up good news, downplaying the bad, shaking hands and kissing babies.

Germany

From a traveller's perspective, Nuremberg has it all: excellent museums, thought-provoking history, glorious red-sandstone Gothic architecture and a charming old town encircled by a nearly intact medieval wall.